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Characteristics Of Living Organisms HIA Science quiz: free practice for HIA International. Work through this Characteristics Of Living Organisms HIA Science quiz and get instant feedback on every answer. If you get stuck, review the 4.2 Characteristics Of Living Organisms – Notes lesson. More practice: HIA International — all units. Syllabus: Cambridge Lower Secondary programme.

  • Questions count: 50
  • Passing grade: A-
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1.
Which practical work belongs to Characteristics Of Living Organisms?
Use evidence to discuss why viruses sit at the boundary between living and non-living
Use reproductive evidence and observable features to compare organisms
Follow paired-choice questions accurately and check identification against observable features
Apply the seven characteristics to living, non-living and once-living examples
2.
Using the bar chart, what conclusion can be made about the seeds?
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Both types respire equally
Living seeds respire and give off carbon dioxide; dead seeds do not
Seeds do not respire
Boiled seeds respire more
3.
What is respiration?
Removing waste from the body
Releasing energy from food inside every living cell
Making new individuals
Breathing air in and out of the lungs
4.
How is excretion different from egestion?
They are the same process
Excretion removes waste made in the body; egestion removes undigested food
Excretion removes undigested food
Egestion removes carbon dioxide
5.
Use the table. What is the mean number of woodlice on the damp side?
24
8
9
7
6.
How could the student make the seedling growth results more reliable?
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Measure only on day 12
Measure a different seedling each day
Use a different ruler each day
Grow several seedlings and calculate the mean height each day
7.
Using the seedling graph, during which period was growth fastest?
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Day 6 to day 8
Day 2 to day 4
Day 0 to day 2
Day 10 to day 12
8.
Using the graph, how long does it take the number of bacteria to double?
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100 minutes
40 minutes
10 minutes
20 minutes
9.
The graph shows a bean seedling growing. How much did it grow between day 4 and day 8?
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7 cm
10 cm
4 cm
3 cm
10.
Why does every life process depend on respiration?
Respiration removes waste only
Respiration only happens in animals
Respiration releases the energy needed for all the other processes
Respiration makes food
11.
Use the table of mass of a growing plant. What is the missing growth for week 3?
5 g
26 g
20 g
6 g
12.
Following the doubling pattern on the graph, how many bacteria would there be at 120 minutes?
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48
64
36
40
13.
What does the R in MRS GREN stand for?
Reaction
Respiration
Rest
Reflex
14.
A car moves and uses fuel. Why is it not alive?
It makes no waste gases
It has no energy
It cannot grow or reproduce
It does not move
15.
In the choice chamber shown, which characteristic of living things is being tested?
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Growth
Sensitivity
Reproduction
Excretion
16.
In the MRS GREN diagram, what does the letter N stand for?
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Nerves
Nutrition
Nitrogen
Nucleus
17.
What is the best way to treat the woodlice after the experiment?
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Keep them in the dry side permanently
Leave them in the sun
Throw them away
Return them carefully to where they were found
18.
Which of these is NOT one of the seven characteristics of living things?
Respiration
Burning
Growth
Excretion
19.
A student finds an unknown object in a pond. Which plan best tests whether it is alive?
Observe it over time for movement, growth, response to stimuli and reproduction, and test for carbon dioxide
Weigh it once
Look at its colour
Check whether it floats
20.
How does a bacterium reproduce?
By making seeds
By splitting in two
By having babies
By budding leaves
21.
Which statement best expresses the lesson objective about Characteristics of living organisms?
List the seven characteristics of living organisms
The terms excretion and growth are always interchangeable
Evidence is unnecessary when studying Characteristics of living organisms
Every model is an exact copy of reality
22.
What is sensitivity?
Detecting and responding to changes in the surroundings
Removing waste made in the body
Changing position
A permanent increase in size
23.
What is excretion?
Removing undigested food
Moving from place to place
Taking in food
Removing the waste products made inside the body
24.
In the seed experiment shown, what is the purpose of flask B?
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It makes the seeds grow faster
It adds carbon dioxide
It is a control to show that living seeds cause the change
It heats the seeds
25.
The graph shows bacteria on food. How many bacteria are there after 60 minutes?
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60
16
6
8
26.
The diagram shows a plant after one week on a windowsill. Which characteristics does it show?
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Excretion and reproduction
Reproduction only
Respiration only
Sensitivity and movement
27.
After 10 minutes, 8 woodlice are on the damp side of the chamber. What is the best conclusion?
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Woodlice move towards damp conditions
Woodlice prefer dry conditions
The result shows woodlice are not alive
Woodlice cannot sense water
28.
Which is an example of excretion in a plant?
Taking in water
Growing towards light
Giving out oxygen and water vapour
Making seeds
29.
The diagram shows a bacterium. What does its flagellum allow it to do?
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Excrete
Reproduce by seeds
Move
Grow roots
30.
In the seed experiment, which variable must be kept the same in both flasks?
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The temperature and number of seeds
The amount of carbon dioxide produced
Whether the seeds are alive
The colour of the indicator at the end
31.
Use the table. A candle flame uses oxygen, gives off carbon dioxide and gets bigger. Which characteristic in the table does it fail?
Respiration-like gas exchange
Reproduction
Growth in size
Movement
32.
Which change would improve the choice chamber investigation?
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Put food only on the damp side
Use only one woodlouse once
Repeat the test several times and swap which side is damp
Keep the lights brighter on the dry side
33.
Use the table. Which characteristic is shown by a child becoming an adult?
Reproduction
Growth
Excretion
Sensitivity
34.
A student records the table below. Which row shows a mistake about excretion?
Human - undigested food
Plant - oxygen
Human - urine
Human - carbon dioxide
35.
Use the table. Which pair of results suggests an object might be alive but needs more tests?
It never changes
It moves and responds to touch, but growth has not been checked
It is made of plastic
It does not move and does not respire
36.
What is growth?
A permanent increase in size or number of cells
Releasing energy from food
Getting rid of waste
Any change in position
37.
Which pairing of characteristic and plant example is correct?
Growth - leaves turning to light
Movement - giving out oxygen
Excretion - roots growing to water
Reproduction - making seeds
38.
Which is an example of sensitivity in a plant?
A seedling becoming a tree
Making seeds
Giving out oxygen
Roots growing towards water
39.
Match the term to its correct meaning: respiration
the memory aid for the seven life processes
the life process that releases energy from food inside cells
the life process of detecting and responding to changes in the surroundings
the life process of removing waste made by the body's reactions
40.
A seedling becoming a tree is an example of _____.
respiration
sensitivity
excretion
growth
41.
Taking in food for energy and growth is called _____.
excretion
movement
sensitivity
nutrition
42.
Making new individuals of the same species is called _____.
nutrition
reproduction
excretion
respiration
43.
A human pulling their hand away from a hot object shows sensitivity. True or false?
False, it shows growth
False, it shows excretion
True
False
44.
MRS GREN is a memory aid for the seven characteristics of living things. True or false?
False, it is a type of cell
True
True, but it lists only five
False
45.
Respiration happens in every living cell. True or false?
True, but only in animals
False
False, only in the lungs
True
46.
Something must show all seven characteristics to be classed as living. True or false?
True, but only animals
True
False
False, it only needs one
47.
Excretion and egestion are the same process. True or false?
False, egestion removes carbon dioxide
False
True, both remove undigested food
True
48.
Bacteria are living organisms. True or false?
True
False
True, but only when they are large
False, they cannot move
49.
Plants cannot move. True or false?
True
True, plants never change position or move parts
False, but only flowers move
False
50.
A crystal that gets bigger in a solution is alive because it grows. True or false?
True
False, crystals respire
True, growth is enough
False
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